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Community urged to prevent child disappearances

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Communities and the nation at large have been deeply troubled by the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, sparking urgent conversations on how to prevent such tragedies from occurring. In response to these concerns, VOC Breakfast spoke to Elarna Siljeur, a Social Work Supervisor at the Department of Social Development, to explore the role of communities in preventing child disappearances. Siljeur emphasized the importance of community involvement in […]

today7 March 2024

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Bonteheuwel Ward Councillor urges public to act responsibly as speculation rife after death of infant

By Aneeqa du Plessis “No person in their right mind would ever want to be the cause of an eight-month-old baby dying.” These are the words of Bonteheuwel Ward Councilor Angus Mackenzie who spoke on VOC’s Breakfast show on Tuesday morning after the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of little Mohammed Qiran Canterbury. Bishop Lavis police are investigating the death of the infant after he allegedly died at his creche […]

today6 June 2023

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ECDs to reopen under strict covid-19 safety protocols

The Western Cape Social Development MEC, Sharna Fernandez, has welcomed the court’s ruling that private kindergartens where Covid-19 security measures are in place, may reopen immediately. This includes day mothers, playgroups and pre-school centres. Judge Hans Fabricius of the High Court in Pretoria said the decision taken by National Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu’s department for private nursery schools to remain closed under level 3 of Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown […]

today8 July 2020

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Minister Zulu rejects claims that social development department is trying to prevent distribution of Covid-19 food relief aid by civil society organisations

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has dismissed "the false allegations in the media" that the department intends to prohibit the distribution of food parcels and cooked food to households and communities most in need of humanitarian relief during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. "The Non-Profit Organisations [NPO] Act, which the department of social development is a custodian of, states that we ensure access to food security for the poor - especially […]

today16 May 2020

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